Water Balance in Land Arthropods /
Writers on arthropod water relationships range from bio physicists and biochemists to population ecologists-a fact that gives cause to wonder whether the field is already too heterogeneous to be written about in a single book by a single author. I have partly avoided the problem by concentrating la...
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| Language: | English |
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Berlin, Heidelberg :
Springer Berlin Heidelberg,
1977
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| Series: | Zoophysiology and ecology ;
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Table of Contents:
- 1 Introduction
- A. General
- B. Terrestrial Arthropods
- C. Arthropod Structure
- D. Water
- 2 Water Content
- A. Total Body Water
- B. Water Reserves
- C. Location of Water Reserves
- D. Resistance to Desiccation
- 3 Water Loss--Cuticular
- A. Introduction
- B. Transpiration and Integumental Structure
- C. Ecological Implications
- D. Conclusions
- 4 Water Loss--Respiratory
- A. Introduction
- B. The Tracheal System of Insects
- C. Control of Respiratory Water Loss
- D. Spiracular Control Mechanisms in Dragon-Flies and Other Insects
- E. Intermittent Carbon Dioxide Release
- F. Respiratory and Cuticular Water Loss Compared
- G. Respiratory Water Loss in Arthropods Other Than Insects
- H. Conclusions
- 5 Water Loss by Evaporative Cooling
- A. Introduction
- B. Evaporative Cooling in Laboratory Experiments
- C. Evaporative Cooling in the Field
- D. Conclusions
- 6 Excretion and Osmoregulation
- A. Introduction
- B. Elimination of Nitrogenous Waste
- C. Osmotic and Ionic Regulation
- D. Hormonal Control of Water Balance
- 7 Uptake of Liquid Water
- A. Uptake of Water as a Result of Feeding
- B. Uptake of Water by Drinking
- C. The Question of Absorption Through the Cuticle
- D. Special Organs for Water Absorption
- E. Conclusions
- 8 Metabolic Water
- A. Introduction
- B. The Question of Regulation
- C. Respiratory Quotient and Metabolic Water in Locusta
- D. Metabolic Water in Flying Locusts and Aphids ...
- E. Conclusions
- 9 Absorption of Water Vapour
- A. Introduction
- B. Distribution of the Faculty Among Arthropods
- C. Limiting Conditions
- D. The Energetics of Absorption
- E. The Site of Absorption
- F. The Rate of Absorption
- G. Possible Mechanisms
- H. Conclusions
- 10 Water Balance in Eggs
- A. Structure
- B. Water Loss by Evaporation
- C. Water Uptake
- D. The Control of Water Uptake
- E. Uptake by Eggs of the Locust Chortoicetes
- F. Conclusions
- 11 Conclusions
- A. General
- B. The Components of Water Loss
- C. The Components of Water Gain
- D. Water Balance
- E. Osmotic and Ionic Regulation
- F. The Water Affairs of Eggs
- G. Water Balance and the Whole Animal
- H. Concluding Remarks
- References
- General Index